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7 November 1886, Letter from F. Reichenbach to his cousin Christian Frautschi
November 7 1886, letter from Fritz Reichenbach
to his cousin Christian Frautschi
Original in University of Wisconsin-Madison. Max Kade Institute.
Frautschi Letters (MKI/Frautschi3/R1886)
Sender: Fritz
Reichenbach
Letter begins: Esteemed Cousin Christian! We are very glad
....
Date: 1886 Nov. 7, McKinney, Kentucky
Published versions: none
Physical Description: Letter: [2] p. on [1] leaf; 20 x
25.2 cm, folded in sixths to 6 x12.6 cm.
Notes: In German. In blue ink. Raised mark in upper left
corner of page 1 says "OXFORD." Writing goes to page
edge on several lines. Ink scratch in upper right corner of page
3. Paper is not brittle. Ending of the letter is missing. In envelope:
8.3 x 13 cm. Cancellation mark on envelope November 9 in McKinney,
PM, on front, cancellation mark on verso difficult to read [Mad...,
3 PM]; upper right corner of front of envelope missing, hole
approximately 12 square centimeters; writing in pencil on front
top left corner illegible.
About the Electronic Version:
Creation of machine-readable version: Jessica
Baumgart, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Conversion to TEI-conformant markup: Jessica Baumgart, University
of Wisconsin-Madison
LIS839
Special Collections in the Digital Environment (Spring 2000)
Note: Page images have been included from the original source.
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pages 2 and 3 |
envelope
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front |
back |
| jpeg file (front) | jpeg file (back) |
Credits (scanned images): Jessica Baumgart
Date of scanning: 4/17/00
Hardware: Mikrotek Scan Maker 4
Scanning software: Scan Wizard 3.2.4 (MicrotekLab, Inc.,
c1995)
Summary:
Fritz Reichenbach writes a response to Christian Frautschi's
October 26, 1886, letter. Reichenbach talks about the farm he
and his family live on near Stanford, Kentucky. The area is known
as the Saaners' Colony because of the number of German-speaking
immigrants in the area. He also mentions several families living
near them.
Text of letter:
| German | English | SGML-encoded text |
Transliteration:
Translation:
Markup: Jessica Baumgart
Editorial Notes:
Commercial use prohibited. Copyright 2000, by the The Board
of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Created: 14 April 2000
Comments to: dalbello@scils.rutgers.edu
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